Syringa, Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Sensation'

This is a truly beautiful specimen. I bought it at Costco a few years ago in a 3 gallon pot. My particular bush has white blooms as well,...Read More as it's a grafted variety. Last fall, it even rebloomed for me! It's carefree and disease-resistant and smells wonderful.

I love these. I grew up around lilacs, and I love the scent and color. I have one in white and one in purple. The purple one I transplant...Read Moreed last year because it was growing in a gutter, and I lost about half the plant. The other half that survived is doing very well. The flowers put out these funny looking green seeds (?) after the flowers had gone. Im thinking they are seeds anyway; I dont know what they are. I will take a picture and post them later. These are in full sun, and really only get whatever water falls from the sky. If it doesnt rain for a while I water them, otherwise for the most part they are on their own, and thrive.

We planted a three foot tall specimen of 'sensation' in 2004 in a sunny, well-drained spot and were rewarded with lots of bloom this year...Read More on a five foot plant. The blossoms, while plentiful, failed to look bi-colored white and purple, as they were advertised to be, so some disappointment there.

I bought a lilac from the nursery in the winter and at the time, it was full of blooms. Within a week of transplanting it into my yard, a...Read Morell of the blooms withered and have been gone since.

This is included in the Highland Park Lilac collection in Rochester, NY. We have enjoyed it there for many years and just obtained a con...Read Moretainer grown plant from a nursery in Kennett Square Pennsylavania to bring back to our Syracuse NY garden. Enough locations mentioned for one entry?

We have no trouble growing S. vulgaris varieties here.